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BUSTLE. No. 361,969. Patented Apr. 26, 1887.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTOPHER O. SHELBY, OF PATERSON, NEV JERSEY.

BUSTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 361,969, dated April 26, 1887.

Application filed February 26, 1887. Serial No. 228,987. (No model.) I

T 0 all whom it 11mg concern.-

Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER C. SHEL- BY, of Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bustles; and I do hereby declare the following, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the figures and letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention has for its object to improve those articles of wearing-apparel commonly known as bustles, and the said invention consists in so constructing the bustle as that it is readily compressible when pressure is broughtto bear upon it-'for instance, when the wearer is seatedandagain resumes its normal position when released.

The invention further consists in certain details of construction and combinations of parts, to be hereinafter described, and pointed out particularly in the claims at the end of this specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bustle constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the metallic portion of the bustle before the lacing, 820., is applied.

The letter A in the drawings represents the metallic portion of the bustle, preferably of a continuous piece of spring-wire.

B is the upper confining-strap, the ends 0 of which may form the belt or strap which passes around the wearers waist.

D is the strap which confines the lower ends of the metallic portion, and E is a strap which passes across the upper end to limit'the width of the bustle, and also serves as a base in which eyelets F are inserted, through which the lacing G for the upper end of the bustle passes.

The metallic portion, as before stated, is preferably formed of a continuous piece of springwire, the central portion of which is bent, as shown in Fig. 2. The endsof the wire are bent around into the form of loop H, and are bound together by a wire or cord, which is cov' ered by the tape I, preferably wound spirally around it. To this covering is secured the edging or lace K.

The top and bottom confining-straps, B and y D, are preferably constructed of a wide double tape, the ends of which are secured to the loop H, the other portions passing around the edges of the bustle, and are secured by eyelets to the bends in the wire A. These eyelets mayalso serve as openings for the passage of the lacing, as before described, although I do not confine myself-to the use of them for this purpose, as

other eyelets may be inserted in the tape forming the straps for the express purpose of receiving the lacing.

From the above description, it will be seen that my bustle is very elastic, is readily adjustable to the desired size, and the cost of I claim as new is 1. As a new article of manufacture, a bustle formed of spring-wire having the convoluted outer portion, and flexible straps passing around said convoluted portion for confining the same and preventing its outward expansion, but permitting it to be compressed, substantially as described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, abustle formed of spring-wire having the convoluted outer portion, and straps or equivalent devices passing around said convoluted portion at top and bottom, and laces passing through said straps for adj nsting the size of the bustle, substantially as described.

3. In a bustle, the combination, with the frame having the convoluted outer portion and the confining-straps, as shown, ofthe loop H, strap E, and lacing, as and for the purpose 7 set forth.

CHRISTOPHER O. SHELBY.

Witnesses:

LEsLIE S. MERGER, WM. F. WARD. 

